The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-13

come with this hospitality that he gave
away to those present nearly all Of hi,
! king ioin. and the Governor of Belize,
seeing what % far -e was being made Of ths
affair. put a stop 60 it, and ordered the
new king and his mobiles sent home to
their country.
The grants of land that were made IN
der these circumstance were the cause
Of m1ch trouble afterwards. AZ those 20
whom they we're made insisted that they
Should be carried our and IT became
necessary Tor tine king To ile in the ar
chives o. his government the following
remarkable confession % get ont of the
~eraPe
1 hereby authorize Mr. Thomas Hedg-
cock of London. 70 declare tine grant Of
B.eafells to Captain Peter Le-.e->haw Of
Guernsey Hun and void. in consequence
OF some very unpleasant Circumstances
arendin. ta- death of my late brother
which lppeaung very suspicious against
the said Peter La-le-Shaw and that
vaan gave said grant yas not rJmpas
,+aast but had been. together with nav
cstieis made inebriateI. neither was
aware that my Iate lamented brother,
George Frederick Augustus. had previous
Dr. given 20 captain William smith simi-
Ilr grant for said territory % Blewhelds
s7igeu under nav hand 9t Cape tira-
cils Djo-. rhis loll day of May, 1881.
FS.-ued} Z. G. FeanERIcE.
King of the Mosquito Nation
[Witne--.s BaeElT HALY.
PETER Cox"
The Governor found much trouble in
getting the king away from his new
friends and finally had 10 have him az
rested while drums and taken On board
man Of war, which took him home Be
fore be iett. h0wer=r. he was compelled
10 sign "a paper giving authority toa Col
onej Macdonald of the British army 10
manage his government for him. and 10
act a- guardian for his children. Mae
donald transferred his power TO Patrick
Walker. who went To- BlewdelJ- 70 live.
and f3r more than twenty years was tine
actual governor of the country. while the
king gave himself up entirety 20 di,,ipa-
ton Walker had good traits. and was
mindful .f the interests of the Indians.
seHdiug'many ol the young men 20 ia
.Iaica 80 DE educated under the care OF
the English bishop there. and introduc-
Ing some Improvements among the peo-
pie But he seemed 20 understand that
the Mosquito Kingdom was part Of
,freat Britain, and g1t miNei up in quar-
raI with the government IF Nicaragua. in
which the United STATES took the part If
the latter nation, and narrowly escaped
war with England before it was settled.
There were great volumes Of eorrespon-
deuce between our Government and the
British. aad the latter were finally COM
pel.,-t Be-. -8n.r tbe protectorltc it had
assumed ;.e Mosquitoes The Re
pubIic oi Na..rt-ua. .i was agreed should
look a.te, fb- Interests of the Indians,
have couirl of the part Of Greytown,
whert rb. proposed Nicaragua Canal Is to
enter ID, Atlantic ocean, and pay the
King Of the Nu-guito- fre thousand dol
lars year. This was bad thing for the
king. a. be wasted the money in diSsipa-
tion and IL has been tine ruin Of a'l the
rayal family sincr.
The successor Of Robert Charles Fred
erich Handy. the King of the Mosquitoes.
vas his son. tiror-e Augustus Fred-rick.
who wasted hi- life in lazy drlnkeune>~,
and neyeru-rrird. Thethroue descend
ed q few wears ago 10 the souof his sister.
the Princess Victoria He had another
sister. the Princes Beatrice who married
an Elglishmau. Her husband ran away
a few years after the wedding when he
failed TO persuade the Kin. 20 divide his
five thousand dollars among tine family.
and the princess does not know whether
she Is widow or Not.
The present king j. not much Of an inn
provem,ut over his uncle SO far rs his
morals or abiJit.e- are concerned and
now that the government of Nicaragua
refuses To- pay h.- -llary any longer, he
does not drc~, or act amy better than the
most Of the natives. He was educated at
Jamaica where he wa, baptized and r.
ceivel as member OF the church o
England. bur has since fallen very far
from grace lie is about forty wears Of
age. small Of stature. and has am jntelli-
gent looking face lfh- woulj let rum
alone. those Who know MIN s9v that hr
would amount to something. bur he
spends nj, the money hy can get f9r drink
and when 1t J. gone be-- more from the
merchants and traders of the plica. who
are .lad 90 give him small sums. and in
return gel royal favor. The government
Is managed in she name Of the king by an
American. Formerly from View Orleans,
who's name Is Curhbert
The King lives with his mother. his
grandmother and his own lJmiiy ina
shauty thar was taken 10 Blewfeld> from
the United States by some robber hunt-
err and abandoned year, ago. The Roy
al Palace j. upholstered, and without any
Of the modern Improvements hat
house owners in this country advertise
II only differs from those OF the rest Of
the people by being built Of roueh pine
boards instead Of bamboo poles. is cover
ed with a roof of the same instead Of
palm leaves and bullru~hes, and it has a
board floor raise two or three feet from
the ground. instead OF mother earth. But
the matched butts Of the native, are much
better for the climate. rs they are cooler.
and shed the rain in the wet season,
which the ROYAL Palace viii not
His Majesty and the rest OF the family
either sleep in Hammocks or on the
floor. and they always 20 to bed with
their clothes on. such a thing a a night
gown was never heard of, and if the
Queen or the dowdger should receive
present of one she would doubtless keep
II for party dress. as II would beso much
better IN texture than the garment she
wears during the day Hercostume is in
yariably speckled calico gown, such a.
one woul pay five cents yard for in the
United states. and she never has but
one at a time This dress she wears night